“Microsoft Corp.’s top mobile-phone executive said its Windows Phone operating system has an opportunity to lure away Apple Inc. and Google Inc. users because it offers a more exciting and smoother experience,” Scott Moritz and Dina Bass report for Bloomberg.

“Apple’s iOS software is ‘boring,’ with icons across the bottom that offer little information or flexibility, said Terry Myerson, vice president of the Windows Phone division, at a conference in New York,” Moritz and Bass report. “Google Inc.’s Android is ‘a mess,’ with too many different versions of the operating software in use, he said.”

Moritz and Bass report, “The Redmond, Washington-based software maker had 2.6 percent of the smartphone operating system market in the fourth quarter, according to research firm IDC.”

So true. Here is the play out as it occured.
1. Lawsuit filed against Samsung, creating a media hype.
2. Release of iphone5 was o.k. and the 4s kept selling at a steady pace.
Since then, apple stock has continued to dropp at a surprisingly fast rate. From 700 in 9/2012 to under 400 in 4/2013. When you consider that the iphone sales make up 47% to 50% of the whole apple market.

Don’t be surprised to start seeing this brand come in with lower-priced iphones and lowered priiced products, as well.

iOS is boring like my new thermostat is boring. I haven’t given it a thought since I installed it. It just works. My old thermostat was exciting. We were jumping up to adjust it and change the programming every few hours. I’ll take boring.